1)Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) a)Resisted the Spread of Communism i)Americans troops were involved in Grenada and El Salvador ii)He spread of radical revolutions in the Caribbean and Central America b)Cold War i)SDI (1)Most Notorious programs was the Strategic Defense Initiative (2)It could target and destroy any incoming enemy missiles before they reached the U.S. (3)It didn’t work; it always failed miserably on test runs -Tensions with USSR oThe leaders in the USSR and with perestroika and Glasnost, the tensions between the USSR and the U.S. started becoming more calm
2) George Herbert Walker Bush(1989-1993) a)Short War i)The U.S. was involved in a short war in Panama ii)After sanctions and an attempt military coup failed, U.S. troops invaded Panama iii)They captured Noriega( the General) and brought him back to the U.S. and prosecuted him for the drug charges b)Cold War ended i)the USSR became a non-communism country
1) Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
a) Resisted the Spread of Communism
ii) He spread of radical revolutions in the Caribbean and Central America
b) Cold War
i) SDI
(1) Most Notorious programs was the Strategic Defense Initiative
(2) It could target and destroy any incoming enemy missiles before they reached the U.S.
(3) It didn’t work; it always failed miserably on test runs
- Tensions with USSR
o The leaders in the USSR and with perestroika and Glasnost, the tensions between the USSR and the U.S. started becoming more calm
2) George Herbert Walker Bush (1989-1993)
a) Short War
i) The U.S. was involved in a short war in Panama
ii) After sanctions and an attempt military coup failed, U.S. troops invaded Panama
iii) They captured Noriega( the General) and brought him back to the U.S. and prosecuted him for the drug charges
b) Cold War ended
i) the USSR became a non-communism country